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duplicate | agin |

As an adjective duplicate

is being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.

As a verb duplicate

is to make a copy of.

As a noun duplicate

is one that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

As an adverb agin is

alternative form of lang=en.

As a preposition agin is

alternative form of lang=en.

duplicate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.
    • This is a duplicate entry.

    Verb

    (duplicat)
  • to make a copy of
    • If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?
  • to do repeatedly; to do again
    • You don't need to duplicate my efforts.
  • to produce something equal to
    • He found it hard to duplicate the skills of his wife.

    See also

    * repeat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
    • This is a duplicate , but a very good replica.
  • * Sir W. Temple
    • I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch.
  • (legal) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original.
    • (Burrill)
  • The game of duplicate bridge.
  • * 1999 , Matthew Granovetter, Murder at the Bridge Table (page 6)
    • The momentary madness which infects bridge players occurs frequently at rubber bridge and duplicate ; and though it rarely results in murder, it often terminates marriages and close friendships
  • The game of duplicate Scrabble.

    • Synonyms

    * reproduction

    agin

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • * 1859 , (Charles Dickens), "A Tale of Two Cities", in (All the Year Round) , vol. 1, p. 98:
  • ** At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin !”

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • * 1859 , (w, Harper's New Monthly Magazine) , vol. 19, p. 278:
  • ** [The Court] said: "Young man, this ere Court is satisfied that there ain't nothin' in the laws of Vermont agin''' tippin' over a churn full of sap. [...] But I want ye should remember one thing—that this ere Court has made up his mind that it's a very naughty trick, and it's a shame that there's so many maple-trees in the State, and no law '''agin tippin' over sap."

    • Anagrams

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